Share of children under 5 who are wasted (low weight-for-height), a marker of acute undernutrition. Source: UNICEF. Retrieved 15 Aug 2026.
| Period | Child Wasting |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 11.5% |
| 2020 | 12% |
| 2019 | 9.8% |
| 2018 | 14.1% |
| 2016 | 10.4% |
| 2015 | 13.6% |
| 2014 | 14.2% |
| 2013 | 12.4% |
| 2011 | 12.4% |
| 2009 | 12.5% |
| 2008 | 13.8% |
7 countries carry a recent wasting prevalence among children under 5 figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
161 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Niger, grouped by topic.